This is an analysis of the poem When Lydia Smiles that begins with:
When Lydia smiles, I seem to see
The walls around me fade and flee;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaXbC aXbbXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110011101 01011111 11010111 11010100 01010111 01010001 11111100 11010101 11001 11100101 01011100 11100111 01111111 01010100 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word smiles at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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